basketball

- "If basketball had never been invented, who would want to dance?"

- "Old basketball players never die, they just go on dribbling."

lass

- What kind of fool do you take me for? First class.

- All are good lasses, but whence come the bad wives? Âñå äåâóøêè õîðîøè, íî îòêóäà æå òîãäà áåðóòñÿ ïëîõèå æåíû? Ñð.

mass

- "You then either massage the data, or eat it raw. --> The original quote from Phil Kearns"

- Guns don't kill people; massive tissue trauma does.

cast

- Never cast dirt into that fountain of which you have sometime drunk.

- Òî cast pearls before swine.

east

- Last, but not least.

- Of two evils choose the least.

fast

- A nod from a lord is a breakfast for a fool.

- Íîðå is a good breakfast, but a bad supper.

past

- Any damned fool can predict the past. And most do. - Niven

- The mill cannot grind with the water that is past.

vast

- "The crux... is that the vast majority of the mass of the universe seems to be missing. --> The original quote from William J. Broad"

- "The heaving waves on the vast, ink-black ocean sent a salty spray over the proud bow of the three-masted ship, leaving beads of water on the exposed alabaster skin above the bodice of the tall, raven-haired woman who stood sobbing on the deck, her salty tears mixing with the storm-tossed sea. --> The original quote from Top 5"

master

- All men can't be masters.

- Like master, like man.

pastor

- "Emerson left his pastorate because he had some argument about communion."

masturbate

- "If God didn't want us to masturbate he would have given us shorter arms."

- "What makes this even messier is that masturbation is very strongly tied to education levels. People with graduate degrees are the most likely to masturbate. --> The original quote from Edward Laumann, studying the effects of male circumcision on sexual behaviour"

bat

- Catholic Church: Elderly celibates clueless about the real world.

- A good beginning is half the battle.

cat

- Òî cook a hare before catching him.

- Wait for the cat to jump.

eat

- To cut one's throat with a feather.

- Òî treat somebody with a dose of his own medicine.

fat

- Like father, like son.

- No flying from fate.

pat

- Each one must walk one's own path.

- That which one least anticipates soonest comes to pass.

rat

- A soft answer turns away wrath.

- Scratch my back and I'll scratch yours.

sat

- Sensationalists do it sensationally.

- A clear conscience laughs at false accusations.

tat

- "Galileo is wrong!" - RCC "Sit on it and rotate!" - Galileo

- Íå who hesitates is lost.

catbird

watch

- Big Brother is watching YOU. Are you watching BACK?

- A watched pot never boils.

date

- Archaeologists prefer older dates.

- My birth certificate has an expiration date on it.

fate

- If fate throws a knife at you, there are two ways of catching it: by the blade,

- When fate arrives, the physician becomes a fool.

gate

- Jockeys do it at the gate.

- When in doubt, mumble; when in trouble, delegate.

hate

- The Church hates a thinker like a criminal hates the police.

- Unpopular Bible Fact: Jesus associated with hated minorities.

rate

- Conservative theory: Have the illiterate write to us for a free book.

- "Doubt is the origin of truth. Know thyself." - Socrates

catfish

bath

- How long a minute is depends on which side of the bathroom door you are on.

- His parents threw out the baby and kept the bathwater.

path

- The path to hell is paved with government subsidies..

- Each one must walk one's own path.

patio

- "The progression of emancipation of any class usually, if not always, takes place through the efforts of individuals of that class. --> The original quote from Harriet Martineau"

- Constipation of the brain and diarrhea of the mouth

gator

- "The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators. --> The original quote from Edward Gibbon"

- "When you're up to your butt in alligators, it's hard to remember that the initial objective was to drain the swamp."